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André van Zyl

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André van Zyl

Public health consultant with research data management experience

André is a public health professional with a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. He has around ten years’ work experience, of which four years is in a research-related role. For the past two years, he has been responsible for monitoring and managing the data collection of a research project with 27 sites in three South African provinces. His responsibilities include building electronic data collection tools on CommCare, developing training material (video, presentations, documents), training staff on using the data collection tools, remote monitoring of data collection and operations, remote staff support, analysis, and reporting on implementation progress. He would like to continue working on projects requiring his skills in electronic data collection, data management, epidemiology, analysis, and monitoring and evaluation.

Education

Nelson Mandela University

BA General, Sociology and Psychology

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

2010

University of Pretoria

Master of Public Health

Pretoria, South Africa

2016

Thesis: Health education resources available to high school Life Orientation educators in Tshwane, South Africa.

Professional Experience

Internet Service Provider

Sole Proprietor

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Jul 2005 - Jun 2008

Support Counselor

Harmony Addiction and Psychiatric Care

Cape Town, South Africa

Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

Behavioral Therapist

Zizi Centre for Children with Autism

Pretoria, South Africa

Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

Support Consultant

ITSI

Pretoria, South Africa

Jan 2014 - May 2016

  • Supported the implementation of the ITSI eLearning platform in South African schools.
  • Training teachers and learners on how to use the ITSI eLearning platform.
  • Quality assurance on electronic textbooks.
  • Developing training material.
  • Provided helpdesk support.
  • Testing of the ITSI eLearning platform and recommending product improvements.

Data Administrator

The Foundation for Professional Development

Pretoria, South Africa

Sep 2016 - Sep 2017

I supported the data and implementation teams on the following projects:

  • Assessment of mental health care services provided in public health clinics in four districts in SA, 2016-2017
  • Validation of TB stigma scales in Buffalo City Metropolitan, Nkangala and Tshwane Districts in South Africa
  • Phased implementation of a public health program: cryptococcal antigen screening and treatment in South Africa
  • Investigating the acceptability, feasibility and outcomes of home-based TB testing of household contacts using a new, mobile point of care technology
  • Pilot study of STI screening and treatment for PMTCT

Data Manager

Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa

Sep 2017 - Present

  • Project planning and implementation related to data collection and management.
  • Questionnaire improvement.
  • Development of the mobile data collection application on the CommCare platform.
  • Configuration of the short text messaging system used to communicate with participants.
  • Drafting of technical aspects of the protocol.
  • Training of coordinators and fieldworkers on using Android OS, internet communication tools, the data collection application, and questionnaire completion.
  • Develop video recordings, presentations, and documents used to train field staff.
  • Provision of local and remote technical and data collection support to 27 fieldworkers and 3 project coordinators.
  • Ensure that researchers are blinded.
  • Remote monitoring of data collection process and quality of submitted data.
  • Data cleaning.
  • Creation of project performance reports and visual data representations using RStudio. My resume is an example of such a report written in RStudio.

Title of the research: ImPROving TB outcomes by modifying LIFE-style behaviours through a brief motivational intervention followed by short text messages (ProLife): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Volunteer Experience

JuPHASA Chair

PHASA

South Africa

Sep 2016 - Sep 2017

Professional Development Courses

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (SIT TESOL)

Nelson Mandela University

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

2012

Counselor and Support Group Facilitator Training

The South African Depression and Anxiety Group

Johannesburg, South Africa

2013

Basic Training in Applied Behavior Analysis

The Zizi Centre

Pretoria, South Africa

2014

Project management principles and practices

The Foundation for Professional Development

Pretoria, South Africa

2016

Good Clinical Practice Certificate Course

The Foundation for Professional Development

Pretoria, South Africa

2017

Data Management for Clinical Research

Offered by Vanderbilt University on Coursera

N/A

2017

Data Scientist with R

Offered by DataCamp

N/A

2019

Statistician with R

Offered by DataCamp

N/A

2019

Data Science Specialization (95% Completed)

Offered by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera

N/A

2019

CommCare Fundamentals

Offered by Dimagi on Dimagi Academy

N/A

2019

CommCare Application Building

Offered by Dimagi on Dimagi Academy

N/A

2019

SQL Fundamentals (60% Completed)

Offered by DataCamp

N/A

2019

Oracle SQL: A Complete Introduction (50% Completed)

Offered by DatabaseStar on Udemy

N/A

2019

The Complete SQL Bootcamp (10% Completed)

Offered by Pierian Data Inc. on Udemy

N/A

2019

Publications

Mixed-methods evaluation of mental healthcare integration into tuberculosis and maternal-child healthcare services of four South African districts.

BMC Health Services Research volume 19, Article number: 83 (2019)

N/A

2019

Kathryn L. Lovero, Samantha L. Lammie, André van Zyl, Sharon N. Paul, Phuti Ngwepe, Jennifer J. Mootz, Catherine Carlson, Annika C. Sweetland, Rachel C. Shelton, Milton L. Wainberg & Andrew Medina-Marino